WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The LSU women’s swimming and diving team closed out the 2010 NCAA Championships Saturday, taking 30th in the team standings at Purdue’s Boilermaker Aquatics Center.
“I’m proud of how our women competed this weekend,” LSU head coach Adam Schmitt said. “We fought hard, and coming away with a top-30 finish is good. Of course we had higher expectations, but I’m happy we came away with eight All-America honors, and with such a young team, I look forward to the future.”
On the final day of competition, the Lady Tigers’ 400 freestyle relay group of Mary Beck, Jane Trepp, Samantha Goates and Amanda Kendall registered 17th with a mark of 3 minutes, 20.71 seconds.
Individually, Beck recorded a 44th-place finish in the 200 backstroke with a mark of 1:57.35. Kendall placed 57th in the 100 free with a 50.48 clocking, while Goates finished 60th in that event (51.01).
The LSU women received an added boost earlier in the day when it was determined that the Lady Tigers’ All-America 200 medley relay group of Morgan McGee, Trepp, Kendall and Goates from Friday would move up one spot from 13th to 12th after Southern California’s relay squad was retroactively disqualified.
Collectively, the Lady Tigers will be taking eight All-America honors back to Baton Rouge. Trepp picked up her fourth and fifth accolades of her career, while McGee, Goates and Kendall each became two-time All-Americans.
The Florida Gators came from behind with an enormous third day to surge past Stanford for the national title with 382 points.
LSU men’s swimmers Hannes Heyl, Sean LeNeave, James Meyers, Andrei Tuomola and Craig Hamilton will travel to Columbus, Ohio, next week for the 2010 NCAA Men’s Championships, which begin Thursday.
2010 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Final Team Standings
1. Florida – 382
2. Stanford – 379.5
3. California – 363
4. Arizona – 359.5
5. Georgia – 342.5
6. Texas A&M – 311
7. USC – 251
8. Auburn – 153
9. Virginia – 151
10. Indiana – 133
11. Texas – 106.5
12. Minnesota – 102
13. Tennessee – 99.5
14. Wisconsin – 88
15. Michigan – 76
16. Purdue – 57
17. Houston – 53
18. Princeton – 48
19. UCLA – 45.5
20. North Carolina – 42
21. George Mason – 31
22. Ohio State – 29
22. Arizona State – 29
24. Virginia Tech – 26
25. Maryland – 24
25. Towson – 24
27. SMU – 22
28. Duke – 21
28. Yale – 21
30. LSU – 20
30. IUPUI – 20
32. Alabama – 19
33. Kansas – 18
34. Louisville – 15
34. Kentucky – 15
34. Western Kentucky – 15
34. Arkansas – 15
38. Notre Dame – 14
39. South Carolina – 12
39. Miami (OH) – 12
41. Buffalo – 11
42. Missouri – 5
42. San Diego State – 5
44. BYU – 4
44. Florida State – 4
44. West Virginia – 4
47. Penn State – 1
47. Harvard – 1